“A new Star Trek movie is coming!” Here at io9 we’ve been telling you that quite a bit over the last few years—most recently last week, with the news that D&D: Honor Among Thieves tag team Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley were turning their focus where, it turns out, quite a few film producers have gone […]
The Complete History of ‘Star Trek 4’ Not Happening
Star Trek 4 is dead. Again. But this time, the movie that has died multiple deaths might be gone for good. With this week’s news that Paramount, after a decade of back and forth, has seemingly pulled the plug on reviving the “Kelvin Timeline” that returned Star Trek to the silver screen in J.J Abrams’ […]
Like All of Us, the WGA Dislikes Another Warner Bros. Merger
Just when we’d all gotten used to (and tired of) Warner Bros.’ merger with Discovery, we learned the company’s open to having another owner. The news of yet another potential merger has drawn a lot of negative reactions, and now the Writers Guild of America has its own take on the matter. Spoiler: they don’t […]
Warner Bros. Discovery May Have Just Sparked the Next Big Hollywood Bidding War
Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest media conglomerate to go up for sale. The company, which owns HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio, and several cable channels, announced on Tuesday that it is reviewing a variety of offers to sell the company. It said it would consider these bids as it moves forward with previously […]
The Final Seasons of ‘Strange New Worlds’ Will Move Away From ‘Outlier’ Episodes
One of the many criticisms that emerged from Star Trek: Strange New Worlds‘ uneven third season was that the show struggled with the effective balance it had maintained in its first two seasons between classical action-adventure episodes in the vein of Star Trek‘s past and more outlier (and largely lighter-hearted) one-off episodes that put zany premises over […]
The ‘Stranger Things’ Brothers Tease Their Paramount Plans
2025 will end with the end of Stranger Things, after which creators Matt and Ross Duffer will be at Paramount. While the pair are knee deep in putting the finishing touches on their Netflix hit, they talked up what’s to come once they’re exclusive to the Mission: Impossible and Transformers studio. Movie-wise, the brothers intend to focus on original things, […]
‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Needs to Imagine More for Its Female Characters
Star Trek‘s utopian vision for an equal society, especially in terms of gender equality, has always been a complicated aspect of its idealized vision. It’s true that the franchise has a legacy of beloved, nuanced female characters and has championed putting those characters in the spotlight over six decades of storytelling. But it’s equally true […]
Colman Domingo Talks Inspirations for His ‘Running Man’ Villain
The upcoming Running Man remake is set in a United States where people watch contestants try to survive being hunted. Watch any game show (or reality TV in general), and the host is as important as the players themselves, and that’s where Colman Domingo comes in. He plays Bobby Thompson in the film, who hosts the titular […]
After Buying Paramount, MAGA Billionaire Larry Ellison’s Son Now Wants Warner Bros. Discovery: Report
Last month, Skydance Media, the entertainment giant, completed an $8 billion acquisition of one of Hollywood’s most prestigious studios, Paramount. Skydance, owned by David Ellison, son of Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison, now reportedly has its eyes set on another historic movie studio: Warner Bros. The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Skydance is currently preparing […]
‘Call of Duty’ May Enlist for a Movie Adaptation
Activision Blizzard and Microsoft’s Call of Duty franchise could take its blockbuster success to the big screen. According to Puck’s Matt Belloni, Paramount is currently negotiating for film rights to the long-running shooter series. Getting this IP is said to be a “tough priority” for new Paramount head David Ellison, since it’d be another major gaming property […]